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The Colgate Maroon News The Oldest College Weekly in America Founded 1868 Volume CXXXVII, Number DC NOVEMBER 8, 2002 No Dead Men Walking: Sr. Helen Prejean Speaks Out By Betsy Drake Maroon-News Staff Sister Helen Prejean, the author of Dead Man Walking, a book which was adapted into an award-winning film, spoke to the Colgate community on Thursday. Despite the traditionally preached "eye for an eye" Catholic belief, Prejean called for a moratorium on all executions based on her morals, personal experiences and the facts she uncovered. In an intense speech, Prejean discussed both sides of this heated topic on a personal, national and international level. Prejean became involved with men sitting on death row and agreed to be a pen pal to one of the men. It was then that she got to know a feared criminal on a personal level and found herself suddenly wrapped up into the emotional issue that involves our entire country in one way or another.As Prejean noted, the United States is the only Western democracy that continues to use the death penalty today. Although there was an unofficial moratorium on the death penalty from the 1960s until 1982, the trend has returned, with over eight hundered people executed. Meanwhile, 101 defendants have been exonerated from death row in the past thirty years, which comes out to show that approximately one-eighth of the defendants are released before execution. The U.S. is also one of six countries since 1990 that has executed people for crimes they committed before age eighteen. It has also executed more juvenile offenders than any other country. The political argument behind this is that the death penalty deters crime and is less expensive that supporting criminals in jail. According to Prejean and the facts she has gathered, both of these justifications for the death penalty are false. First, the death penalty does not deter crime based on statistics. The south has the most executions but also continues to have the highest crime rate. In fact, states that do not have the death penalty have an average murder rate that is lower than states that have the death penalty. Financially, placing someone on death row costs much more in prison considering all of the legal procedures, legalities and equipment. New York state began to re-allow the death penalty in 1995 and since then has spent fifty million dollars on it, suggesting that it might not be a great economic alternative to prison. Therefore, she says that these arguments are just "political symbolism." Prejean's argument against the death penalty not only attacks these political arguments, but also suggest that the entire legal system is racially biased. Statistics say that 80 percent of the persons executed were convicted of killing a white person, while 50 percent of U.S. homicide victims were black. She suggests that this statistic indicates that some human lives are placed at a higher value than others? Another statistic says that 43 percent of the inmates on death row are black, while only twelve percent of th; entire U.S. population is black. This leads Prejean to question the role defendants' economic status and abilities have in acquiring the best lawyers. Since many of these black defendants are of the lower class, Prejean believes the fairness of their trials should be questioned. One male that Prejean met with only saw two separate half hour blocks of time (one on the day of the trial) with his lawyer. An hour is not a sufficient amount of time to gather the evidence to prove that a man up for the death penalty is innocent. "C-Store" Opens Up By Jill Ramsier Maroon-News Staff Running low on toothpaste? Forgot your roommate's birthday? In response to the daily needs of students, the longawaited on-campus convenience store, also known as "The C Store," located in the rear of the 0' Connor Campus Center (COOP), is now open. Students may purchase cosmetics, snacks, coffee, greeting cards and other convenience items. Since its opening on October 16, C store employees have been tweaking and refining the details, traffic flow in the store has steadily increased.The C Store works cooperatively and under the same management as the Colgate bookstore, carrying some items that were previously sold in the bookstore. It is a more convenient option for students who cannot take the time to go downtown. The favorite aspect of the store among students so far, however, is the film developing service according to C Store manager Mark Janney. A special deal with Konica allows students to develop their film overnight for $4.99, with free doubles or a free roll of film. "I'm so glad they have photo developing back now," said junior Christen Besanceney, "It's so expensive in town, here it's only five bucks." The C Store is not accessible from inside the Coop. The only entrance is located by the C Store sign, at the rear of the Coop towards Andrews Hall. This was a point of confusion for some students the first week that the store was open. Although the store is currently difficult to find, it will be expanded once the Coop renovations are completed. Another renovation will begin January 1, and by the fall of 2003, the C Store will be located near where the cash window currently is. This location will vastly increase its space and allow for an expansion of its product line. For now, the store is relatively small, which is one problem that Janney has observed. "You get five or eight people in here, it gets crowded," he. said. "But that's something we just have to work with for the time being." Yet despite the small size, the selection is large. The space inside the store is maximized by the shelves being packed tightly with products. Shipments come in as many as three times a week for some products, to keep the store stocked. "I was pleased with the selection. There were both frozen burritos and three-by-five note cards, which made my afternoon study session both flavorful and pleasant," senior Gered Dunne said, regarding his most recent visit to the C-Store. The C-Store is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Yet this presents some problems for students as well. "The only thing they can do better is to keep it open on the weekends, that would be good," said first-year Mehul Malik. Janney has noted that 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. has proven to be the busiest time for the store. Employees and Janney are still refining the details of the store. A suggestion box has been placed inside the Coop for student feedback. The employees of the store are open to suggestions any time of the day. As students file in, they are greeted with friendly hellos and eager questions about their satisfaction. The management of the C- Store has specials planned on certain products throughout the semester. For example, free ice cream goes to any birthday boy or girl, with a positive picture ID. The C-Store is held a grand opening celebration on this past Thursday during normal business hours. Vendors, student employees and management cooperated to make the opening eventful. The festivities included raffles, prizes, pizza and giveaways.photo by Jen Porter GET OUT YOUR YULE LOGS: Winter is here, and its here to stay. So put on your woollies ... If you choose to venture out into the chilling weather, enjoy the beauty of Colgate. Greeks Get Educated By Margot Wilensky Maroon-News Staff Mitchell Krane, a municipal judge and practicing attorney for the past twenty-five years, came to speak to the Greek members of the Colgate community on Tuesday. He is also a proud member of a Greek organization. Through openly celebrating himself as being in the same boat as all of the Greeks at Colgate, Krane voiced the same concerns as students involved in fraternities and sororities about the hastened disappearance of the Greek system as a whole. He stressed that there are fewer students pledging Greek organizations now than ever before, yet there are three times as many undergraduates now as there were thirty years ago. The publicized issues concerning Greek organizations focus around the negative aspects of drugs, alcohol, hazing and rape. "Most of the people that aren't Greek don't like us," Krane said. "They read the negative things and want to destroy us." Krane began his talk with the example of the Greek community at Pennsylvania State University raising three million dollars for a charity no one recognized. According to Krane, the public hears about the rape, hazing and binge drinking that goes on, not the good things. "[The public] doesn't know about the good things," he said. "T.V. doesn't portray the good things ... movies don't portray fraternities and sororities as they really are. Movies aren't real." Examples that Krane references to his statement that "movies aren't real" are Legally Blond and Animal House-moxics most college students have seen. In continued on page 4 continued on page 4 NEWS NEWS COLGATE SPORTS ARTS<\ FEATURES COMMENTARY Art» & Features page 13 E-Day Amazin' Admin's Stayin'Alive Catchy Cashman Asians Galore! gjjjSports p*9*^ Colgate responds to the Raj Bellani is making Sophomore Jon Cook Cashman, nationally Stereotypes just don't hold Commentary PpageB recent national election waves across campus. / helps keep playoff hopes renowned jazz scholar, to true for one proud Asian. / DPgT gTr.,,c D ,—x^rheld Tuesday./page2 page 5 alive, /page 34 perform./pagea 13 page 9 Ham'Sny pS^

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The Colgate Maroon News The Oldest College Weekly in America Founded 1868 Volume CXXXVII, Number DC NOVEMBER 8, 2002 No Dead Men Walking: Sr. Helen Prejean Speaks Out By Betsy Drake Maroon-News Staff Sister Helen Prejean, the author of Dead Man Walking, a book which was adapted into an award-winning film, spoke to the Colgate community on Thursday. Despite the traditionally preached "eye for an eye" Catholic belief, Prejean called for a moratorium on all executions based on her morals, personal experiences and the facts she uncovered. In an intense speech, Prejean discussed both sides of this heated topic on a personal, national and international level. Prejean became involved with men sitting on death row and agreed to be a pen pal to one of the men. It was then that she got to know a feared criminal on a personal level and found herself suddenly wrapped up into the emotional issue that involves our entire country in one way or another.As Prejean noted, the United States is the only Western democracy that continues to use the death penalty today. Although there was an unofficial moratorium on the death penalty from the 1960s until 1982, the trend has returned, with over eight hundered people executed. Meanwhile, 101 defendants have been exonerated from death row in the past thirty years, which comes out to show that approximately one-eighth of the defendants are released before execution. The U.S. is also one of six countries since 1990 that has executed people for crimes they committed before age eighteen. It has also executed more juvenile offenders than any other country. The political argument behind this is that the death penalty deters crime and is less expensive that supporting criminals in jail. According to Prejean and the facts she has gathered, both of these justifications for the death penalty are false. First, the death penalty does not deter crime based on statistics. The south has the most executions but also continues to have the highest crime rate. In fact, states that do not have the death penalty have an average murder rate that is lower than states that have the death penalty. Financially, placing someone on death row costs much more in prison considering all of the legal procedures, legalities and equipment. New York state began to re-allow the death penalty in 1995 and since then has spent fifty million dollars on it, suggesting that it might not be a great economic alternative to prison. Therefore, she says that these arguments are just "political symbolism." Prejean's argument against the death penalty not only attacks these political arguments, but also suggest that the entire legal system is racially biased. Statistics say that 80 percent of the persons executed were convicted of killing a white person, while 50 percent of U.S. homicide victims were black. She suggests that this statistic indicates that some human lives are placed at a higher value than others? Another statistic says that 43 percent of the inmates on death row are black, while only twelve percent of th; entire U.S. population is black. This leads Prejean to question the role defendants' economic status and abilities have in acquiring the best lawyers. Since many of these black defendants are of the lower class, Prejean believes the fairness of their trials should be questioned. One male that Prejean met with only saw two separate half hour blocks of time (one on the day of the trial) with his lawyer. An hour is not a sufficient amount of time to gather the evidence to prove that a man up for the death penalty is innocent. "C-Store" Opens Up By Jill Ramsier Maroon-News Staff Running low on toothpaste? Forgot your roommate's birthday? In response to the daily needs of students, the longawaited on-campus convenience store, also known as "The C Store," located in the rear of the 0' Connor Campus Center (COOP), is now open. Students may purchase cosmetics, snacks, coffee, greeting cards and other convenience items. Since its opening on October 16, C store employees have been tweaking and refining the details, traffic flow in the store has steadily increased.The C Store works cooperatively and under the same management as the Colgate bookstore, carrying some items that were previously sold in the bookstore. It is a more convenient option for students who cannot take the time to go downtown. The favorite aspect of the store among students so far, however, is the film developing service according to C Store manager Mark Janney. A special deal with Konica allows students to develop their film overnight for $4.99, with free doubles or a free roll of film. "I'm so glad they have photo developing back now," said junior Christen Besanceney, "It's so expensive in town, here it's only five bucks." The C Store is not accessible from inside the Coop. The only entrance is located by the C Store sign, at the rear of the Coop towards Andrews Hall. This was a point of confusion for some students the first week that the store was open. Although the store is currently difficult to find, it will be expanded once the Coop renovations are completed. Another renovation will begin January 1, and by the fall of 2003, the C Store will be located near where the cash window currently is. This location will vastly increase its space and allow for an expansion of its product line. For now, the store is relatively small, which is one problem that Janney has observed. "You get five or eight people in here, it gets crowded," he. said. "But that's something we just have to work with for the time being." Yet despite the small size, the selection is large. The space inside the store is maximized by the shelves being packed tightly with products. Shipments come in as many as three times a week for some products, to keep the store stocked. "I was pleased with the selection. There were both frozen burritos and three-by-five note cards, which made my afternoon study session both flavorful and pleasant," senior Gered Dunne said, regarding his most recent visit to the C-Store. The C-Store is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Yet this presents some problems for students as well. "The only thing they can do better is to keep it open on the weekends, that would be good," said first-year Mehul Malik. Janney has noted that 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. has proven to be the busiest time for the store. Employees and Janney are still refining the details of the store. A suggestion box has been placed inside the Coop for student feedback. The employees of the store are open to suggestions any time of the day. As students file in, they are greeted with friendly hellos and eager questions about their satisfaction. The management of the C- Store has specials planned on certain products throughout the semester. For example, free ice cream goes to any birthday boy or girl, with a positive picture ID. The C-Store is held a grand opening celebration on this past Thursday during normal business hours. Vendors, student employees and management cooperated to make the opening eventful. The festivities included raffles, prizes, pizza and giveaways.photo by Jen Porter GET OUT YOUR YULE LOGS: Winter is here, and its here to stay. So put on your woollies ... If you choose to venture out into the chilling weather, enjoy the beauty of Colgate. Greeks Get Educated By Margot Wilensky Maroon-News Staff Mitchell Krane, a municipal judge and practicing attorney for the past twenty-five years, came to speak to the Greek members of the Colgate community on Tuesday. He is also a proud member of a Greek organization. Through openly celebrating himself as being in the same boat as all of the Greeks at Colgate, Krane voiced the same concerns as students involved in fraternities and sororities about the hastened disappearance of the Greek system as a whole. He stressed that there are fewer students pledging Greek organizations now than ever before, yet there are three times as many undergraduates now as there were thirty years ago. The publicized issues concerning Greek organizations focus around the negative aspects of drugs, alcohol, hazing and rape. "Most of the people that aren't Greek don't like us," Krane said. "They read the negative things and want to destroy us." Krane began his talk with the example of the Greek community at Pennsylvania State University raising three million dollars for a charity no one recognized. According to Krane, the public hears about the rape, hazing and binge drinking that goes on, not the good things. "[The public] doesn't know about the good things," he said. "T.V. doesn't portray the good things ... movies don't portray fraternities and sororities as they really are. Movies aren't real." Examples that Krane references to his statement that "movies aren't real" are Legally Blond and Animal House-moxics most college students have seen. In continued on page 4 continued on page 4 NEWS NEWS COLGATE SPORTS ARTS